Originally Posted by
LouiseMc
No, I am not an elite. My flights are 2 international and then from Hawaii to L.A. I would happily just take one segment as an upgrade and forfeit the rest of the miles if the other two don't become available. I have two more flights in the U.S. after the above 3 but a different airline.
The question is whether the flights are BusinessFirst markets. Not whether they are domestic or international.
BF markets are those from mainland to Hawaii, Asia, Europe, Brazil and Argentina; plus HNL-GUM non-stop.
If there are BF segments (including to/from Hawaii), then if the BF segment doesn't clear, you get your miles back. If there are no BF segments, then if any of the other segments clear, you don't get miles back.